Buoyant life-saving fitting and appliance for ships



P. CHURCHILL. BUOYANT LIFE SAVING FITTING AND APPLIANCE FOR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, I919.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920..

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-H i ZOYM P. CHURCHILL.

BUOYANT LIFE SAVING FITTING AND APPLIANCE FOR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25. m9.

1 ,359, 1 52, Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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I I PATRICK CHURCHILL, OF MAINGHES'IE'R, ENGLAND.

BUOYANT LIFE-SAVING FITTING AND APPLIANGE FOR SH IPS.

- that type of fittings or appliances employed in connection with shipdeck houses or cabins, which in case of shipwreck can be occupied bypersons on board and detached from the deck to allow it to float on thewater and thereby save life.

The invention has for its object to improve said type of fittings orappliances to permit a more ready and rapid detachment of said house orcabin from the deck, when required to float on the water.

A deck house or cabi'n'fitting or appliance of said type according tothisinvention comprises chiefly a series of screw-threaded rotaryspindles extending through each end wall of deck house or cabin in thedirection of the ship side bulwarks and the inner ends of which are eachprovided with a hand wheel or other suitable rotating gear and the outerend adapted to engage in sockets secured to the inner side of thebulwarks or to a part of the deck secured adjacent to said end walls,whereby said house or cabin can be readily secured to bulwark or deck,and in case of necessity rapidly detached therefrom for floating on thewater.

I obtain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a side view and end view of aship having a cabin or room secured to the deck thereof in accordancewith this invention.

Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively on an enlarged scale, a detachedsectional side-view and plan of the cabin attachingand releasing means.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are sectional views of two modifications of theattaching and releasing means.

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a sectional end view and side view andFig. 10 a side view showing the invention applied to such as a chart orwireless room on the deck of the ship.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, a is said Specification of LettersPatent. "Patented. N 16 1920 Application filed October 25, 1919. SerialNo. 333,294.

cabin or room which eiztends" across the whole width of the deck andcomprises a bottom 6 whlch may be formed hollow to serve 7 as a watertank, four sides two of which may I be slantlng and a ceiling theoutside of which is provided with railings and serves as a deck renderedaccessible from the ordinary deck by means of a ladder or stairs andprovided with a companion-way entrance and stairs reaching down to thefloor of the house'or cabin;

p f/ are a series of brackets, secured to the inner sides of the houseor cabin walls adj acent to the bulwark of the ship and have mountedtherein the said screw-threaded spindles e each provided with a handwheel h.

Each inner. side of the bulwark 0 is furnished with a series of socketsi in which the freeend of said spindles e are adapted to engage and lockthe cabin or room to the bulwark c and thus prevent same from liftingoff the deck 03. 7

Above the brackets g are secured to the inside of the cabin or room :endanother series of brackets k ineach of which is also mounted ascrew-threaded spindle f having a hand wheel m.

The outer end of each of these spindles f has connected therewith aswivel n secured to the inside of a plate 0 hinged to the outside of thecabin or room at p and overlapping the outside of the bulwark 0.

The swivel spindles f are adapted to draw the said hinged plates 0tightly against the plates 9 secured to the ships side and therebysecurely lock the cabin or room laterally in position on the deck.

By unscrewing the said spindles the cabin or room can be instantlyreleased from the deck, andthus floated.

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 show a cabin or room cured, a support 6 in which ismounted a shaft provided ,at each end with a hand wheel 8 and in themiddle with a chain wheel which by means of an endless chain 10 isconnected with a chain wheel 11 secured onsaid cross shaft 4.

It will thus be seen that said cabin or room may be locked to the deckand bulwark or released therefrom either from the top or the interiorthereof byrotating the ch in wheel by means-of the "h and --Wheel-'m orthe chain wheel 8 each furnished with the handle. i

The cabin or room may be furnished with berths and a wirelessinstallation.

The top of the cabinor room may also be arranged to carry one or morelifeboats and. have masts and anchors.

I claim:

1. A shipis d'eck room or cabinrfitting of the typehereiii1beiorespecified, comprising a series ot screw-threaded rotary spindlesextending through each end wall of the deck house or cabin in'thedirection oithe ships side bulwarks, means secured to the inner end ofeach of said spindles for rotating same, sockets securedto the innerside of the bulwarks or the deck in which the outer end of saidspindlesare adapted to engage to secure said house or cabin to the shipand permit 0f rapidly detaching same for @fioatingon the water, forthepurpose specifiedf 2. In a ships deck room or cabin fitting of thetype-claimed :in claim 1, a second series of screw-threadedrotary-spindles l0- cated'in saldend walls above said first series ofspindles, a cover .dependingly lunged to the outside or each said wellends with lower end overlapping the top of the bulwvark, and a -swivel'ni'it carried by said lower end in'vwh ch the outer end of saidspindles engage, Ffor -thepurpose set forth. 8. A deck cabin or room asclaimed in claim 1, comprising at each end two series of screw-threadedspindles located above one another, and a tooth gear which rotativelyconnects together said two spindles, for the'purpose s'pecifiedj V i 4.A deck cabin or room as claimed in claim 'l, comprising at each end aseries of screw-threaded spindles, a cross shaft in COIHlGClZlOIl' witheach ser es of said spin- V PATRICK CHURCHILL.

Witnesses ALFRED Boss'HA'nnT, MAnY I. BOSSHABDT.

